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alone time.”
    Decker shouted at one of the many men who worked for him then came back to the conversation. “Okay. We’ll do this your way for now. But check in often so your mom doesn’t worry.”
    Her guilt pounded into her stomach, forming a knot the size of a baseball. Decker had his faults, many of which she found difficult, but he had good traits, too. Like thinking about her mother. She glanced at the closed door, her mind jumping to what she’d almost done with Jimmy. Yet the twinge of her pussy tightening at the memory of Jimmy’s hard chest leading to the narrow hips and the bulge in his pants overshadowed her guilt.
    What was it about Jimmy that had her dropping her panties so fast? Sure, he was sexy as hell, but he held an indefinable lure for her. A lure that came from a place deep inside her. Almost as though she’d always known him and would one day find him.
    “Mandy?”
    “Yeah?” She put her back to the door, shoving her thoughts of Jimmy away.
    “You’re alone, right? I mean, other than your father?”
    “Of course I am.” She bit her lip and added to the growing mound of lies. “It’s just me and my father.”

Chapter Four

    Mandy crossed her arms and gazed out the window of the guest bedroom. The land surrounding the Matheson home spread out as far as she could see. Thickets and small brush dotted the landscape along with a few clusters of trees.
    She sighed, unable to shake the tension stiffening her neck. She hated lying to Decker, but she couldn’t have him barging into town and taking over. Lately, he’d grown more possessive and even controlling. Not for the first time, she reconsidered their relationship.
    Was Decker the one?
    The answer came swift and hard. No.
    But what surprised her even more was the image of Jimmy coming straight after her denial of Decker.
    She rested her forearms on the windowsill then placed her chin on top of her arms. Her mind wandered, taking her in another direction.
    What if she was meant to be with someone else?
    Again, Jimmy’s face took over, followed by the faces of his friends. Why would she think of them? She barely knew Jimmy, much less the rest.
    Could Jimmy be the one?
    She tried out the same answer she’d given for Decker. But her denial wouldn’t come. Instead, the truth won out.
    Maybe.
    Surprised and a little unnerved by her reaction, she turned and slipped into the huge bed. What she really needed was rest. Tomorrow was soon enough to think about her problems and the men in her life.
    Decker, her father, Jimmy, and the other men of Matheson Ranch. They could wait until the morning. Pulling the soft comforter around her, she nestled into the bed and closed her eyes.

    “We’re here.”
    Mandy inhaled, bringing in the familiar scent. Déjà vu struck her. She’d heard the words before, felt the same sensations. And yet, something was different.
    As she always did, she kept her eyes closed, knowing they were near. Closer than ever before.
    You’re here again.
    “We’re here because you want us here.”
    When she opened her eyes, she would see them, clearer than ever before. Her gaze found him, his body leaning over hers, a soft smile playing on his lips.
    Jimmy.
    His gaze slid down her body, flecks of amber shining in his eyes as his look grew more heated. She ached to run her hand over his hard, flat stomach, to glide it over the valleys and hills to the slender waist. Once there, she’d pause then trace the crease between his crotch and his leg down to the impressive shaft. Already she could feel the way his muscles would undulate under her touch, the heat from his body scorching into her skin.
    Wait. How had she gotten naked when she’d gone to sleep in a T-shirt and panties?
    Nick and Ranlon sat on her other side, their hands already skimming over her arm, her leg. William moved next to Jimmy and took her other leg.
    The four naked, magnificent men locked their gazes on her, their amber-flecked eyes searing into her as though